The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-02-03
BLESSEDLY MONOTONOUS.
The Senatorial Struggle Still in
Deadlock.
Small Hope of break for Several
Days to Come---Talk OF a
Dark Horse Among
the Factions.
Saturdays Round of Alleged Leg
islation - DIR. Rutherford's
Confirmation as State
Health Officer.

Health Officer.
Twenty ballots have been taken in thu
senatorial contest, and the legislature II
as far from n choice as il w6s on Tuesday
last, or on the first ballot taken In thu
Joint session Wednesday. Senator Clai-
borne's assertion ttiRt it costs $1,000 day
TO run tho machine that Is frittoring away
time in a deadlock will be calculated tt
cause something of a grOan from tho free
and sovereign voters and taxpayers, aud
vet the hackers of each of the aspiring
patriots swear that the other fellows shall
come down 6rst.
A GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
The managers for Reagan, Ireland and
Maxey now coneede that at
the case stands at present
neither of the three can possibly get the
requisite sixty nine votes. And this fact
Is already beginning to show in raspist
talk among the partisans The Reagan
ties say that while their man cannot gel
in as matters stand he is dead sure to &c
through in shape the moment either
the same time, though, that both Maxey
and Ireland are determined TO knife Rea'
gan, and are willing TO sacrifice them
selves in order to defeat the man from
Palestine. The managers for the latter
swear, however, that they will fight to the
last trench, and die in the ditch.
While this feeling is 80 manifest against
Reagan, il must not be taken for granted
that Ireland and Maxey are doing the
turtle dove act. They are as to each
other, like the Irishman and his wife who
would fight like fury every day in the year,
but lot an outsider interfere and they
double-tenm upon and thrash him
oat of time. Ireland and Maxey will not
combine their forces for the election of
either, but they will hold every point of
vantage to keep Reagan down.
WHEN WILL II ENDY
A STATESMAN representative met one of
the prominent leaders for Maxey after
adjournment yesterday. His face midi
Gated clearly that he was in n fix of the
blues, and his remarks to the reporter
were stamped with pronounced
tinge of dumpishness. He said
couraging rs he would like to see it.
"These ballots" he continued, indicate
nothing beyond the fact that all the
parties are in the field and propose to
stay, hoping TO wear the others down.
There is good deal of stubbornness all
around, and this wearing down business
is not going TO be as easy as some calcu-
late. Monday the members will be re-
freshed, and will be ready to go into
another weeks tussle with able stick ing
qualities. If there is any break ut all, it
Will not come before Wednesday, unless
some combination is effected between now
and Monday morning, and can't see for
the life of me how such thing is going
TO be done"
Senator Pope, while evidently 10th to
talk at all, admitted last night that it was
n lock hard and fasS, but when pressed to
say who could break the tie.up, his only
reply was: 1.-THE good Lord knows all
about it,"
CHEsTNUTs.
The struggle between the big three has
provoked worriment and annoyance to
Others than the chiefs and their lieuten-
ants, and has served to set more than one
chestnut bell aringing, while many hun
dreds in their heart of hearts have wished
they had chestnut bell or base ball
club with which to manipulate the man
who wants to know "How do you think it's
going?" "What's the latest on the situa-
tionY" etc. While such questions as
these are fired indiscriminately,
the poor devils who have
to run here and there,
and do more boring of public men
than they can ever hope forgiveness for,
aud with whom it is bread and meat, are
generally selected as the targets at which
the silliest inquiries from the silliest
sources are fred. 1t would be justitiable
homicide if a reporter should kill some of
these inane questioners.
ROSS WILL NOT HAVE 1T.
That element of the legislature which is
beginning to talk dark horse pretty loud
ly has already pulled the blanket half way
off Governor Ross, but that gentleman
puts another stop TO the proceedings by
positively refusing to allow the use of his
name. He says that he has been elected
by the people as their governor, and he
would not be doing Justice to his trust if
he did not fulfill his part of the compact.
Then, too, there is another factor in the
case. Coke is Waco man-so is Ross,
and this would put n check on anything
like a Ross boom. The name of Judge
Stayton, of the supreme court, was Again
brought forward yesterday, but it is
doubtful if Stayton would surrender his
present position, which is congenial to
his tastes, for the activity of political
life. Roger Q. Mills has some friends in
the Joint session, and Culberson has some,
but shrewd politician said yesterday
that neither they nor Shepard nor Throck-
morton could get the prize. He added:
"The coming man is not now on the
speculative list"
THE BALLoTING FOR SENATOR.
There we're several merely single shots
in the balloting yesterday, for United
son, Clark and Shepard, each getting a
vote. The changes, how
ever, were but few.
On the fifteenth ballet Mr.. Battle chang
ed TO Ireland.
On the sixteenth ballot Mr.. Claiborne
from Reagan to Ireland, and on
the seventeenth, after voting for senator,
Burgess changed his vote to Reagan.
Glasscock on the seventeenth, changed
from Ireland to Maxey, but subsequently
returned TO Ireland. On the seventeenth
Speaker Pendleton changed from Ireland
to Maxey, Graves from Reagan 70 Maxey,
Heath from Reagan TO Maxey, Mategow-